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Christian Andresen

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Christian Andresen

Birth
Death
29 Jan 1883
Burial
Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block: 37 Lot: 7 Grave: 10
Memorial ID
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Alternate surname spellings for members of this family include Andersen, Andresen, Andrasan, possibly Anderson, and others.

Per the Vig Files / Danish Archives:

Under the name spelling of Christian Andresen, b ca 1820 in Holstein. Married Dora, who was born ca 1824 in Holstein died on March 3, 1890 in Blair and is also interred in Block 37 of Blair cemetery.

According to Vig, Christian traveled to Brazil in 1848, came to Nebraska in 1855, and by 1880, he and his wife were running a saloon-hotel in Fort Calhoun.

The Andresens later opened a brickyard in Blair; the first there.

Washington County Records

It should perhaps be noted that the obituary on file in the Blair Library and published in the Blair Courier on 3/8/1890 indicates that Dora died the night of March 3, 1890 at her home in Blair. I have looked through a hard-copy record of unknown burials, as Dora was said to have been buried next to her husband and is

Andresen / Andersen's in Block: 37 Lot: 7 Grave: 10

Christian, ( -1883), grave 10

* Recorded in the cemetery record as Andersen. There are no other Andersen's buried in that block and / or lot. There is no surname, Andresen, recorded in the cemetery record.

** Died in Jan 1883 at 63 years of age, so year of birth is likely 1819-1820.
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Related???

4/19/1882 ANDRESON, OLE ANDERSON, MARY 4 15
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Christian Anderson, "United States Census, 1860"
Name: Christian Anderson
Minor Civil Division: The German Settlement
Age (Expanded): 40 years
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birthplace:
Gender:
Page: 26
Household ID:
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film number: 803665
Digital Folder Number: 4234830
Image Number: 00176
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Do not believe this is him:

C Anderson, "United States Census, 1870"
Name: C Anderson
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 50y
Race: White
Birthplace: Holstein
Event Place: Nebraska, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
C Anderson M 50y Holstein
Dora Anderson F 40y Holstein
Lena Anderson F 18y Brazil
Celia Anderson F 6y New York
Julius Anderson M 18y Denmark
Chris Miller M 33y Holstein
John Olson M 21y Denmark
Peter Nelson M 18y Denmark
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Alternate surname spellings for members of this family include Andersen, Andresen, Andrasan, possibly Anderson, and others.

Per the Vig Files / Danish Archives:

Under the name spelling of Christian Andresen, b ca 1820 in Holstein. Married Dora, who was born ca 1824 in Holstein died on March 3, 1890 in Blair and is also interred in Block 37 of Blair cemetery.

According to Vig, Christian traveled to Brazil in 1848, came to Nebraska in 1855, and by 1880, he and his wife were running a saloon-hotel in Fort Calhoun.

The Andresens later opened a brickyard in Blair; the first there.

Washington County Records

It should perhaps be noted that the obituary on file in the Blair Library and published in the Blair Courier on 3/8/1890 indicates that Dora died the night of March 3, 1890 at her home in Blair. I have looked through a hard-copy record of unknown burials, as Dora was said to have been buried next to her husband and is

Andresen / Andersen's in Block: 37 Lot: 7 Grave: 10

Christian, ( -1883), grave 10

* Recorded in the cemetery record as Andersen. There are no other Andersen's buried in that block and / or lot. There is no surname, Andresen, recorded in the cemetery record.

** Died in Jan 1883 at 63 years of age, so year of birth is likely 1819-1820.
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Related???

4/19/1882 ANDRESON, OLE ANDERSON, MARY 4 15
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?????????????

Christian Anderson, "United States Census, 1860"
Name: Christian Anderson
Minor Civil Division: The German Settlement
Age (Expanded): 40 years
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birthplace:
Gender:
Page: 26
Household ID:
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film number: 803665
Digital Folder Number: 4234830
Image Number: 00176
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Do not believe this is him:

C Anderson, "United States Census, 1870"
Name: C Anderson
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 50y
Race: White
Birthplace: Holstein
Event Place: Nebraska, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
C Anderson M 50y Holstein
Dora Anderson F 40y Holstein
Lena Anderson F 18y Brazil
Celia Anderson F 6y New York
Julius Anderson M 18y Denmark
Chris Miller M 33y Holstein
John Olson M 21y Denmark
Peter Nelson M 18y Denmark
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